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WillUribe(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: FireStar II flying the US- Mexican border

Greetings Kolb fan,

It has been raining way too much here in the desert southwest so I thought I

would do a little recon over the Rio Grande this past Sunday.

Below is a link to a short video I took during the flight.

Be advised the file is 4.92 MB so dialups need not view it.

http://members.aol.com/ELPEAA125/border.WMV



Regards,

Will Uribe

FireStar II

El Paso, TX

http://members.aol.com/willuribe/mv/

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N111KX (Kip)

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: FireStar II flying the US- Mexican border

Pretty cool, Will.

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biglar

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject: FireStar II flying the US- Mexican border

Nicely done, Will.  One a these days................                   Do 

not Archive.



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Ralph Hoover

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 206
Location: Central Ohio

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:12 am Post subject: Re: FireStar II flying the US- Mexican border

Will, I'm impressed! Probably I use that too much. But I am. I know that you are dealing with thermals as I am watching the "Step away from the string"!  Hey, in the video, you had that "schreec sound" as your wheels touched the asphalt. We dont' get that with grass!



You do good, my man. I would be interested in your camera mount. I have a Canon ES190 with 440 digital zoom and would be really interested in how and where you mounted yours. I have often looked at the "wing support tab". Not sure how well that would work. 



See, we could trade video's; in the winter, you could send me really "hot" videos of desolation and heat, and I could send you pictures of the ground covered with snow, to the point I would have no idea where the field is. That would cool you off. How about it.



And Mikie, I hope this isn't percieved as Babbalon. You know where that "Babble-on " came from in the Bible don't you?



Ohio Ralph.......really hot here in Ohio!

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WillUribe(at)aol.com
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject: FireStar II flying the US- Mexican border

Hi Ralph,

I had a gusting cross wind to deal with when landing. Normally I like to

land long and touch down mid field to avoid a long taxi. It was not my

intention to touch down where I did but since I was being blow away from

center line I figured it was time to land.



A short while ago someone posted a picture of a Kolb with a camera mounted

on the side of the fuselage using a RAM mount. I wish I can remember who

posted it so I can give him credit for the idea. I already had the RAM mount

so when I saw the picture I had to try it out on my next flight.

Erich Weaver of California mounts his camera on the wing support tab, take a

look.

http://gtalexander.home.att.net/cam_mount.html



Regards,

Will Uribe

FireStar II

El Paso, TX



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Bill Vincent

Joined: 30 Jan 2006
Posts: 84

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: FireStar II flying the US- Mexican border

Hi Will

The video was great! I am curious what is the model/make of the camera you 

used. Was it a digital camera or a digital video camera? Sorry if you 

already answered this question ... been having computer problems.

Thank you

Bill Vincent

Firestar II

Upper Peninsula of Michigan



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WillUribe(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:11 am Post subject: FireStar II flying the US- Mexican border

Hi0 Bill, 

I use a Panasonic digital0 palmcorder model No. PV-GS200 with a Leica lens, saves the digital video on0tape0 and also saves 2.3 mega pixel still pictures on a 1 GB memory card. The reason I0 liked this camcorder is it has a 3 CCD image sensor system that handles color0 the same way as broadcast equipment before they went to high definition0 cameras. 

  

This picture was0taken0 from the video, notice "La Migra's" watch tower on the lower right hand corner,0 they are keeping our borders safe from terrorist. The tower is enclosed0 like an airport control tower with air conditioning and tinted windows. It is0 mounted on a trailer and can be moved any where along the border. It uses0 hydraulics to raise and lower it. 

 

  

  

  

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